Chemical equation of photosynthesis
When photosynthesis takes place in a plant cell a chemical reaction occurs. This chemical reaction is what creates the necessary energy for a plant to survive. The leaves of the plant capture sunlight, the plant uses carbon dioxide and water, and all of these elements combined with chlorophyll a reaction takes place that converts all those ingredients into glucose. Glucose is what the plant uses for food and energy to grow and sustain life in the plant itself. This equation is displayed scientifically as 6CO2 + 6H2O ==> C6H12O6 + 6O2. As the equation illustrates the reaction needs six parts carbon dioxide, six parts water to yield glucose and six parts oxygen for photosynthesis to take place in a plant cell.
Factors that affect photosynthesis
Photosynthesis needs many environmental aspects to work correctly and underlying factors can prohibit photosynthesis from working as efficiently as it should. These factors include temperature, water availability, soil nutrients, and carbon dioxide concentration. These ingredients all play a vital role for a plant to undergo the process of photosynthesis. If any of these factors are more or less than a plant needs to complete photosynthesis then the plants ability to produce energy is compromised. Sometimes a plant being compromised in it's production of energy is minimal and sometimes it's fatal.
